{"product_id":"makonnen-teodros-teodros-makonnen-with-his-organ","title":"Makonnen, Teodros - Teodros Makonnen With His Organ","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome recordings herald the future in ways that are impossible to see in real time. \u003cem\u003eTeodros Makonnen With His Organ\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those. Today, electronic sounds, synthesizers, and digital production are taken for granted in Ethiopian music, but in the early 1980s, they were novelties that polarized opinion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeodros Makonnen With His Organ\u003c\/em\u003e is a cornerstone of the early digital sounds of Ethiopian music, originally released on cassette only, and has remained more or less unknown outside of Ethiopia until now. It is a pioneering home recording made in Ethiopia, recorded directly to tape in a single take on a Yamaha double-deck keyboard at the residence of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Addis Ababa, recasting traditional songs in a wholly electronic style of atmospheric drum machines and hypnotic synth organs, opening new paths for musical dreaming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven to this day, the story of Teodros Makonnen's legacy has never been properly told. As a keyboardist, producer, arranger, and sound designer, he helped define the digital sound of Ethiopian music in the 1980s and beyond, collaborating with iconic artists such as Mulatu Astatke, Aster Aweke, and Mahmoud Ahmed, among many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday’s revived global interest in Ethiopian music from the seventies and eighties, alongside a broader resurgence, has changed the reasons for using digital means of music production. They have become tools for musical dreaming. This is where the dreaming began.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Muzikawi","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":51496531951894,"sku":"RMX-70739","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/6a47868e7ecb00c4e53b039b.jpg?v=1783072843","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/makonnen-teodros-teodros-makonnen-with-his-organ","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}